eBay shilling bidding on Fairey! wtf
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Very Weird behaviour indeed - lol Newbie perhaps? Kept thinkin' he was being outbid.. by himself?
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- Tantric Poster Collector
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was there a reserve? i didn'nt know that one pereson bidding multiple times could up an auction.
- rhythmgtr5
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I'd guess it's some kind of automated bidding tool the seller is using. It hits the auction at $2 and checks to see if it is the winning bidder; if so, it stops. All of the bids are in 5-6 second intervals which is pretty fishy
I placed a bid of 120. The auction was at like 40. So in two dollar increments they kept bidding it up. I reported this to eBay twice with no action taken. Where did u see that activity thing with that user? I'll do it a third time tmrw.
soam24 wrote:I placed a bid of 120. The auction was at like 40. So in two dollar increments they kept bidding it up. I reported this to eBay twice with no action taken. Where did u see that activity thing with that user? I'll do it a third time tmrw.
http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... e_ViewLink
Catarax wrote:how do you check your own bid history
The only way I can think of is not to sign into ebay. Find a recent item you've bid on and click on your name in the bid history.
Edit: You might be able to see your own history when signed in I just thought it was a tool for others to gauge shill bidding.
jeffmckibben( 7 )
30-Day Summary
Total bids: 137
Items bid on: 9
Bid activity (%) with this seller: 100%
30-Day Summary
Total bids: 137
Items bid on: 9
Bid activity (%) with this seller: 100%